At last the D- day is here and the Supreme Court of Nigeria will today, Friday, February 5, enter judgement on the matter pending before it in respect of who, between Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Araraume and Mr Frank Ibezim, is the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Imo North Senatorial election held and won by the Party on December 5, 2020. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had declared the APC winner of that bye election without a candidate, following court judgements against the two claimants…
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Army – Esn Clash: Stray Bullets Allegedly Kill 10 In Military/IPOB Gun Battle In Imo …Governor declares Curfew in 9 LGAs …Residents lament food shortages, hunger, fear
At least ten civilians were reportedly killed in the ongoing gun fight between members of the Eastern Security Network, ESN and military operatives which broke out a few days ago in Orlu and its environs. It was learnt that the civilian casualties were mainly victims of stray bullets of the military operatives who landed the town with the intention to dislodge the ESN operatives, though some accounts claim some were shot at by the military men. Reports said Nigerian soldiers had landed Orlu LGA to flush out the ESN operatives…
Read MoreImo Salary Palaver: Go On Strike, Lose Your Salary, Uzodinma Tells Imo Workers … May Close Hotels, Supermarkets, Eateries …Defaulters to be jailed over COVID-19 Protocol …Labour keeps mum
The government of Imo State has threatened to stop the salary of any civil or public servant in the state who embarks on strike action. Imo state government also threatened to shut down hotels, supermarkets,eateries , stores and others which fail to adhere strictly to the COVID-19 protocol as stipulated by the state’s COVID-19 committee, the Ministry of Health and other relevant agencies. A release from Imo State Government House notes that Governor Hope Uzodinma had, via a statewide broadcast on Friday, also threatened to jail any proprietor of a…
Read MoreArmy Vs IPOB: Imolites Flay Udenwa, Okorocha, Other Leaders For Keeping Mum As Orlu Burns …FG allegedly deploys 400 soldiers …Eze Okeke: We’ve not seen them
Prominent leaders of Orlu Zone have come under barrage of attacks from indigenes of the area ein particular and Imo in general over their graveyard silence amid the killings and destruction going on in the zone. Many Orlu indigenes who spoke to Nigeria Newspoint on the issue expressed shock and disappointment that almost all prominent political leaders from the area particularly ex-Governors Achike Udenwa and Rochas Okorocha and other elected representatives of the zone are keeping mum in the face of the sudden disaster that has hit their area. According…
Read MoreOWERRI NORTH WOMEN BEG IHENACHO NOT TO QUIT POLITICS… Say: Job creators like him needed by Imo, now. … As he distributes palliative
Women of Emekuku Autonomous Community in Owerri North Local Government Area, Imo State have passionately appealed to Captain Emmanuel Ihenacho not to quit politics, saying the State needs job creators like him now. The women, who, bared their mind on Monday, December 28, during the distribution of the second tranche of palliative of over one thousand cartoons of Indomie Noodles by the 2015 Imo governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, said the call has become necessary in view of parlous state of things in Imo state, particularly…
Read MoreOru Nation Holds Grand Reception For Uzodinma Tomorrow, Dec. 26 … Hails Onyeako, As worthy Son
It was a gathering of who is who in Oru Nation, comprising Oru East and Oru West Local Government Areas, Sunday, December 20, in the palatial home of an Industrialist and a son of the soil, Chief Edozie Evans Onyeako Udenga, to fine tune strategies for grand reception for Governor Hope Uzodimma, slated for tomorrow, Saturday December 26. The people are planning a grand reception for one of their own, the Governor, to appreciate his impressive performance in office in the last one year. Declaring the meeting open the host,Chief…
Read MoreOkigwe Senate Bye-Election: I’ll Strengthen Apc In Imo, Says Araraume … “Uzodinma has always been a friend”
The candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC in the December 5 Senatorial bye election, Ifeanyi Araraume has assured that his going to the Senate would benefit the Governor Hope Uzodinma, Imo and entire Okigwe zone. He insisted that he would add fervour and bring strength to the party, adding that he is a party man that appreciates hierarchy and that within the first year, the entire Imo will appreciate his contributions towards the growth of the party in the State and the South East in general. Sen. Araraume,…
Read MoreMILITOCRACY: UZODINMA DEPLOYS SOLDIERS TO STREETS …Gags protests …Soldiers: We don’t know our mission
In his bid to check protest which is gradually becoming incessant in Owerri, the Imo State capital, it has been observed that the Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodinma has deployed military personnels within Owerri metropolis to clamp down on intending protesters. It could be recalled that the Governor recently, while receiving members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers NURTW, and Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONADWAP) who were on solidarity visit to Government House made it clear that he would no longer tolerate protest in order to…
Read MoreNBS Rating:Ihedioha, committed to stopping sharp practices in state governance-Mayor Eze …He’s made LG managers accountable
Governor Emeka Ihedioha’s Special Adviser (SA) on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Chukwudi Mayor Eze, has said that the rating of Imo as less corrupt state in Nigeria, is an evidence that the Governor is committed to rid Imo State of sharp practices among actors of the state as it used to be in the past administration. The Special Adviser stated this while interacting with newsmen in Owerri, Tuesday. Mayor Eze, a former Federal lawmaker maintained that Imo State has never had it so good in the area of…
Read MoreCultural Limbo: Ihedioha brings back Ahiajoku Lecture, 8years after …Harps on sustenance of cultural heritage …Sues for synergy amongst old Eastern region
The Ahiajoku Lecture series which was neglected by the Rochas Okorocha administration in Imo State, for eight years has been revived and internationalized by the State Governor, Rt. Hon.Emeka Ihedioha. The governor explained that 40th edition of the Lecture, marks the restoration of the most cherished Igbo cultural and intellectual summit, after nearly a decade of abeyance. In his address on the 40th anniversary of Ahiajoku lecture series held at renovated Ahiajoku conference centre, New Owerri, Governor Ihedioha said ” this year’s event acquires even a broader significance especially because…
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